At 10:11 PM 1/16/98 -0600, Igor wrote:
However, aside from the psychic benefits, I would like to somehow derive an economic profit from being a freeware author. So far, I feel that the status of the author of a popular package does sound good on a resume, but it is as far as I could get.
Does anyone else feel the same way? Has anybody come up with a way to cash in on the free programs that he writes?
There's the standard shareware model - ask for $25. There's the Cygnus model - charge money for support. There's the Netscape/McAfee/etc. model - free for personal use, charge money to companies that use it. There's the Eudora model - basic version free, bells&whistles extra. There's the advertising-banner model - the software/service is free, but usage hits an advertising banner in some way that filters money back to you. There are probably a lot more ways to do it as well, but it's a start. Thanks! Bill Bill Stewart, bill.stewart@pobox.com PGP Fingerprint D454 E202 CBC8 40BF 3C85 B884 0ABE 4639